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NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope observed a roaming magnetar of a different origin, indicating the possibility of understanding ...
Researchers using NASA's Hubble Space Telescope have discovered the magnetar called SGR 0501+4516 is traversing our galaxy ...
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Researchers link two ancient mass extinctions to nearby supernova explosions, which may have damaged Earth's atmosphere and triggered global biodiversity loss. A new study suggests that at least two o ...
Astronomers have found a pair of chunky white dwarf stars—think of them as superdense stellar leftovers—spinning closely ...
Astronomers are closely monitoring the binary star system T Coronae Borealis (T CrB), anticipating a rare nova eruption that ...
At the bottom of the ocean, evidence of what researchers are calling a “supernova graveyard” has been discovered. But what ...
When a star comes to the end of its life and dies, it can be an epic and destructive event, throwing out an explosion of heat and light — but it can create stunning new forms as well. A gorgeous new ...
Here's an observers' guide to the newly discovered Comet 2025 F2 (SWAN), which is visible in northern skies right now.
Astronomers have identified a binary white dwarf system, located just 150 light-years from Earth, that is expected to end in ...
A pair of white dwarfs, located just 150 light-years from Earth, appears doomed to die in a type 1a supernova that will shine ...